Now I feel like an idiot again (not because of you, but because I’m recognizing I don’t know anything about Juneteenth). I get why it’s extra special for black culture, but isn’t outlawing slavery something we all should be insanely happy to celebrate?...
Yeah,
Juneteenth is a significant holiday in Texas– It’s the day that enslaved black texans received news of the Emancipation Proclamation, 2.5 years after the executive order was instated in 1863.
Folks in texas didn’t hear of the news until June 19, 1865....